June 2021

Articles from the June 2021 issue of BBC History Magazine

A British government poster highlighting the dangers of Aids, 1987

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Aids: the epidemic that changed Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women protest in London following the death of Sarah Everard, 2021

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Walking a dangerous road: women's safety on the streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Perceval meets the Fisher King in an illustration for Chrétien de Troyes’ 12th-century Perceval, The Story of the Grail

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How to write a medieval romance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding day

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The Prince Philip Years: how did Britain change while he was Queen Elizabeth II's consort?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Anglo-Saxon cross from the church of St Michael

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Anglo-Saxon conversion: the coming of the cross (at the point of a sword)

Workers lower the bodywork of a Standard Vanguard car onto its chassis in a factory

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Britain’s motor city: how Coventry's car industry roared to greatness – then went into reverse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval romances were sometimes considered subversive material. This scene from the Roman de la Rose, written in the 13th century, depict two lovers. In later centuries, it was said romances “inflamed beastly and filthy desire”

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The Mills & Boon of the Middle Ages? Unpicking the mysteries of medieval romances. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Marcus Aurelius and a detail on Marcus Aurelius’s column in Rome

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Marcus Aurelius: Rome’s reluctant killer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American billionaire Howard Hughes (shown here in a car in 1947) went from a visionary filmmaker to a germ-obsessed recluse, dying in 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

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“His flesh had rotted, and his bed was full of worms”: 5 of history's most eccentric hermits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eric Liddell winning the 400-metre final at the 1924 Olympic Games

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History heroDan Walker chooses Eric Liddell (1902–45). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.